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Give up the maximum salary! Reduce the salary by 19.9 million to stay in the team, and go to Türkiye to help Shen Jing improve. The Rockets make a lot of money

10:47am, 29 August 2025Basketball

On August 29, with the start of the European Championship, everyone should have seen the ability of NBA stars. They did reduce the dimensionality of the European Championship. Doncic scored 34+9 today, and Antetokounmpo scored 31 points. The opponent had no choice but to attack, and even Nurkic, who was thought to be almost unable to play the NBA, scored 18+9 in the game against Cyprus. Centers like him and Jokic are also very practical in the European League and can support a team's offensive system.

In addition to these two, there is also Shin Kyung. Since the warm-up match, Shin Kyung has scored 20+ and beat Porzingis in the main game. In 3 warm-up matches, he averaged 25.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and his shooting percentage is as high as 63%. Shin Kyung has realized his talent since last season. His low-post offensive skills and support ability are excellent. As long as he develops three-pointers in the future, he has a chance to chase Jokic's height.

In this offseason, the Rockets actually had the idea of ​​Shin Kyung improving three-pointers. Van Jordan even flew over the ocean to Turkey to train with Shin Kyung to help him improve three-pointers. It can be seen that Van Jordan also hopes that Shin Kyung will become stronger. It can be said that Van Jordan chose to stay in the team this offseason. He just wanted to strive for the championship with the Rockets and help the Rockets' young players grow. He found a home in the Rockets and became the team's veteran leader.

Van Jordan thought he would choose to leave the team this offseason, but everyone knew that the Rockets would not implement his 44.9 million player option. He could have chosen to sign a contract with the Rockets with an average salary of over 30 million, but he stayed at the team for a two-year, 50 million yuan, with an average salary of 25 million yuan. Compared with his 44.9 million contract, he gave up 19.9 million yuan to stay at the team. As an All-Star at the peak, it is indeed rare to have so many salary cuts to stay at the team.

You should know that when he was in the Raptors, the team wanted to renew his contract and hoped that he would give up his super maximum salary, but Van Jordan refused and joined the Rockets. Perhaps for Van Jordan, winning is what he wants. Van Jordan was born in a undrafted draft. He climbed to the current height in the Development League step by step. Only he knew the hardships. From the development league players to the Raptors' substitute rotation, he later became the team's starting point guard and then was selected as the All-Star.

Van Jordan is an inspirational model. At the same time, his tough work to win can also ignite his teammates. In addition to young players who can rise rapidly in the past two years, the winning culture brought to them by Van Jordan and Dillon is also very critical. You can see that Ethan, Amen, and Jabbarri Smith of the Rockets are all very tough, and the same is true for Shin Kyung. Zhu Meng is a famous villain in the league, but the Rockets boys are not afraid of him at all.

In the 23-year free market, there are many players with greater fame than Van Jordan, such as Harden and Irving. These are the point guards that the Rockets want. In terms of scoring ability and comprehensive ability, they are both better than Van Jordan, but the Rockets gave up bringing Harden back or chasing Irving for the maximum salary. They chose Van Jordan because Van Jordan has the attributes of two other dogs that they do not have. He can do dirty work and work hard to win, and can do everything, which is more in line with the young Rockets.

If Irving or Harden were introduced, their young players might become supporting roles and would not get more opportunities to prove themselves, which would delay the team's plans. Therefore, in many cases, it is not only the top stars that can help the team, and the most suitable players can help the team rise. This is why the Thunder did not look for big-name stars in the offseason last year, but instead introduced hard-working blue-collar workers such as Harten and Caruso. This not only can win but also will not hinder the growth and performance of the young core.

Although Van Jordan has a gap in his ball-holding offensive ability compared to most top point guards, his field control ability is very good. Van Jordan is good at controlling the rhythm and knows when to do what. After all, he is a champion point guard and has a very mature grasp of the timing. In addition, Van Jordan has good shooting and tough battle abilities. In the playoffs last season, he averaged 18.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1 steal, with a three-point shooting percentage of 43.5%, and averaging 3.9 three-pointers.

You can't expect Van Jordan to be a scorer at a critical moment, but he can give the team positive help in any aspect. This is a perfect puzzle player. A maximum salary of 44.9 million is indeed a bit of a premium for him, but an average salary of 25 million is too worth it. The Rockets make a lot of money. In addition, they sign Jabbarry Smith is also very cheap, with 120 million in five years. It is a very potential player. After five years, they believe they are very suitable.

Stone's operating ability is indeed very outstanding. Under his leadership, the Rockets have the opportunity to reshape the glory of the artillery era in the future and even go further. Having said that, what do you want to say about the Rockets and Van Jordan now? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.

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